The Air Force says an instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the turboprop aircraft was still on the ground at a Texas military base. The instructor pilot was in a T-6A Texan II at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, when the seat activated during ground operations on Monday. The pilot was taken to a hospital and died Tuesday. The pilot’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. In 2022, the T-6 fleet and hundreds of other Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft were grounded after inspections revealed a potential defect with one component of the ejection seat’s cartridge actuated devices, or CADs.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claim they have shot down an American drone over the country on the Arabian Peninsula. The U.S. military acknowledges reports but does not comment. If confirmed, it would be the second MQ-9 Reaper drone downed by the Houthis over the past week as they press their campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis also have launched attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, demanding Israel ends its offensive in Gaza.

Haiti’s main international airport has reopened nearly three months after gang violence forced authorities to close it. The reopening Monday of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other basic supplies. The country’s main seaport remains badly affected. Gangs control 80% of the capital. U.S.-based airlines are not expected to start using the airport until late May or early June. In recent weeks, U.S. military planes have landed with civilian contractors to help Haiti prepare for the arrival of foreign forces expected to help quell the violence.